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1Back to top Go down   Hello down there! Empty Hello down there! Mon Nov 25, 2013 4:37 pm

erik m

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Hi!
Found this forum through a link in the norwegian BMW-club. I have mostly been restoring and riding veterans, but two years ago I decided I needed a modern bike for longer rides - and I found an almost new BMW! (k100rs, 1986). It needed a little restoring, the fairing was rather worn, so it had to go (but then, I never believed in fairings). So I bought a a real headlight and had to shift a few electrical components, new oil and brakes and that was all; ready to go!
It has been a fantastic experience, quite a change from my other bike; a Jawa CZ 350ccm, 1956!



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2Back to top Go down   Hello down there! Empty Re: Hello down there! Mon Nov 25, 2013 5:18 pm

Comberjohn

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Welcome to the forum, Erik.
I have removed the fairing from my RT a couple of times and its a different bike without it. Every time I take it off, the temperature drops and I put it back on again!
Can see it coming off again next spring.
What about some photos of yours that'll let us see how you have mounted the headlight?


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3Back to top Go down   Hello down there! Empty Re: Hello down there! Mon Nov 25, 2013 6:46 pm

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Nice to see you joining the forum Erik.

As Norway has a similar weather of us in Canada, you must be close to store your bike for the next 3-4 months.
The fellows/guys/mates on the forum will do their best to help you to get the bike ready for the next riding season.
Mines are stored, but I expect to take the sidecar out in the snow around January.

Cheers and welcome

CF


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4Back to top Go down   Hello down there! Empty Re: Hello down there! Mon Nov 25, 2013 7:27 pm

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Hi Eric good to have you along for the ride.


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5Back to top Go down   Hello down there! Empty Re: Hello down there! Mon Nov 25, 2013 7:37 pm

92KK 84WW Olaf

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Crazy Frog wrote:Nice to see you joining the forum Erik.

As Norway has a similar weather of us in Canada, you must be close to store your bike for the next 3-4 months.
The fellows/guys/mates on the forum will do their best to help you to get the bike ready for the next riding season.
Mines are stored, but I expect to take the sidecar out in the snow around January.

Cheers and welcome

CF
Welcome too!!!

Any of us with RT/LT will keep riding through the winter over here so we can keep you updated with K bike tales. The problems is we get no downtime to do maintenance.....even today was lovely sunshine and a warm enough day for taking the bike.


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1992 K100LT 0193214 Bertha Blue 101,000 miles
1984 K100RT 0022575 Brutus Baja Red 578 bought 36,000 now 89,150 miles
1997 K1100LT 0188024 Wotan Mystic Red 689 58,645 now 106,950 miles Deceased.
1983 K100RS 0011157 Fricka 606 Alaska Blue 29,495 miles Damn K Pox Its a Bat outta Hell Now 58,200 miles. 
1996 K1100LT 0233004 Lohengrin Mystic Red 38,000 miles currently 51,800 miles.
1983 K100RS 0004449 Odette R100 colours 58,000 miles. Sprint fairing now 63,390 miles

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1968 Yamaha 80 YG1
1971 Yamaha 125 YAS-1
1968 Honda 125 SS
1970 Honda CD 175
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6Back to top Go down   Hello down there! Empty Re: Hello down there! Mon Nov 25, 2013 8:15 pm

Crazy Frog

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92KK K100LT 193214 wrote:Welcome too!!!

Any of us with RT/LT will keep riding through the winter over here so we can keep you updated with K bike tales. The problems is we get no downtime to do maintenance.....even today was lovely sunshine and a warm enough day for taking the bike.
Here it was -6⁰C and black ice this morning. I didn't see any bike on the road.
Maybe the Irish people were still in bed. Sorry guys, the riding season is over for us Sad .


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7Back to top Go down   Hello down there! Empty Re: Hello down there! Mon Nov 25, 2013 10:47 pm

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Welcome!


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8Back to top Go down   Hello down there! Empty Re: Hello down there! Tue Nov 26, 2013 11:59 am

BIG D

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Hi Erik,
Welcome to the forum nice choice of bike, old Jawa's are fun too I had a few of them many years ago.

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Hi, welcome to the forum and greetings from up here.
Best regards
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10Back to top Go down   Hello down there! Empty Re: Hello down there! Tue Nov 26, 2013 1:18 pm

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Hi Eric

Greetings from Ireland and welcome to the forum.

FYI I brought my 1987 RS to your beautiful country 2 years ago and had a wonderful tour but unfortunately was visiting your city Oslo on 22nd July. I bought an Oslo pass to visit all the sites but because of the bomb I did not get to do much but luckily we were heading for home the next day.


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11Back to top Go down   Hello down there! Empty Re: Hello down there! Tue Nov 26, 2013 2:45 pm

henkozzy

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Hoi Erik welcome Very Happy

    

12Back to top Go down   Hello down there! Empty Re: Hello down there! Tue Nov 26, 2013 8:04 pm

erik m

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Thanks all!
Yes, both bikes are now stalled up for the winter, together with my son-in-law's. (One Honda and one Yamaha. But the K isn't a high-brow so they all go together well!) I will try to get some pics of my homemade headlight-mount. And looking forward to riding-tales from Ireland during the fixing-season!

    

13Back to top Go down   Hello down there! Empty Re: Hello down there! Tue Nov 26, 2013 8:25 pm

92KK 84WW Olaf

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Erik

I know its hard to park a bike for the winter. We get wet rather than cold and a K bike is great in the wet. I did have a naked bike one year and put it off road for the winter, the only time I ever did that.

We have sun this week and I have a 400 mile round trip planned for Thursday. We also have our Christmas brunch for 28 December whether it is bike or car weather, for me that's about 220 mile round trip.

The downside is that to put a bike off road for maintenance means missing some nice bike weather. The usual way to deal with this is to have two!!!


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1992 K100LT 0193214 Bertha Blue 101,000 miles
1984 K100RT 0022575 Brutus Baja Red 578 bought 36,000 now 89,150 miles
1997 K1100LT 0188024 Wotan Mystic Red 689 58,645 now 106,950 miles Deceased.
1983 K100RS 0011157 Fricka 606 Alaska Blue 29,495 miles Damn K Pox Its a Bat outta Hell Now 58,200 miles. 
1996 K1100LT 0233004 Lohengrin Mystic Red 38,000 miles currently 51,800 miles.
1983 K100RS 0004449 Odette R100 colours 58,000 miles. Sprint fairing now 63,390 miles

Past:
1968 Yamaha 80 YG1
1971 Yamaha 125 YAS-1
1968 Honda 125 SS
1970 Honda CD 175
1973 Honda CB500-4
Honda CX 500
    

14Back to top Go down   Hello down there! Empty Re: Hello down there! Thu Nov 28, 2013 12:47 pm

brickrider

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Always room for one more, Eric.  Welcome to the forum.

    

15Back to top Go down   Hello down there! Empty Re: Hello down there! Sat Nov 30, 2013 3:43 pm

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Hi Erik,
Good to have you with us we are lucky enough to be enjoying summer up here in New Zealand.
Regards,
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16Back to top Go down   Hello down there! Empty Re: Hello down there! Sun Dec 01, 2013 10:17 am

erik m

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Thank you all! I will try to post the headight mount in the proper place.
Here: https://www.k100-forum.com/t7124-mounting-of-headlight-signals-signal-horn-and-led-daylights

    

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